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This is wonderful!

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My dad had 4 things on his list:

Get up early

Save money

Read the Bible

Take vacations.

Glenda💚

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Oh Glenda, it makes me smile so that you asked your Dad about h i s list...now that's some perspective. I love number four...we're headed to the coast in 3 hours :-)

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Love this Jody! Beautiful!

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Jody, I love everything about your list! It's perfect!

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We tried our best…

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I love this. I talked to my second oldest sister this morning and we talked about how some of us (siblings) don't speak to one another or it is rare. I still try and reach out to them. I try to not take their criticism personally. I pray for them and their families. "Listen more than you speak." This is very important. Years ago, when I was about 30, my oldest sister told me to at least consider what someone says, maybe they are right and maybe they are wrong, but at least consider it. And if I am interrupting to what another person is saying I'm not really hearing what they say, I am thinking about what I want to say. Good listening skills take practice.

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Annette, thanks for sharing your thoughts, about your open-mindedness and an open heart. And what a gift to have a sister to talk to.

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Yes. I will need to do this, too. I should have done it before my little procedure. Thankfully I have another chance. LOL.

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Allllllways another chance. So glad to inspire you, friend. Thanks for saying so.

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“Remember to listen more than you speak”

Useful in so many areas of life, relationships, faith, writing, etc… a good reminder!

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Loved this. I’ll have to try it, too. “Always take the scenic route,” “Read poetry at least once a week,” and “Your Sunday school teachers were right, the response to every impossible question is still "Jesus,” were my favorites.

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Thank you Rosa. Yes, the last line about the Sunday School answers is my favorite, too.

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So much good advice! I might have to try this one. As an exercise in one of my classes in the lay paster program I completed years ago, our instructor had us write our own obituary. I remember that as being very emotional. I’m sure this will be similar.

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whoa, Laura, writing one's own obituary would be a sobering exercise. I bet if you wrote a list poem fashioned after this one there would be some wisdom and beauty in it, indeed.

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